Intern with Progress North Carolina

Are you interested to get involved in progressive politics and learn more about social media management, online advocacy and digital engagement?

Then this is the internship for you.

Progress North Carolina seeks interns willing to commit 10-20 hours per week to help manage digital communications (social, email, website) for one of the largest progressive advocacy organizations in North Carolina. Interns will be paid $10 an hour. This is a telecommuting position with some travel.

Duties will include assisting the Digital Director with:

Social media management in order to grow our audience and foster an online community.

Drafting content for our organization’s websites

Creating graphics/visuals for social media and online advocacy campaigns

This is a great opportunity and fun experience for the right students interested in a progressive future for our state and nation. Some of the areas you will have an opportunity to learn and experiment with will include:

Creation of digital advertising campaigns

Website management using a CMS (Content management system)

Management of a full-featured CRM (Customer relationship management)

Planning and implementing A/B Testing

Process of microsite development from concept to launch

Online graphic design and/or video creation

Event organizing and community development

Candidate must:

Be passionate, curious, and knowledgeable about progressive policies and causes

Hard working and able to work independently with direction

Have some experience with social media and/or online communications (personal use counts!)

Have reliable internet access

Have reliable transportation for weekly meetings

Ideal candidates will have some or all of the following:

Experience with a CMS (wordpress, etc)

Experience in graphic design

Experience in social media or email management for an organization

Knowledge of HTML/CSS

Experience in or familiarity with news media

Experience working remotely

To apply, send a resume and cover letter to jobs@progressnc.org with the subject line "Digital Internship". Application deadline for spring 2018 internships is February 3rd.

Progress North Carolina is committed to creating a dynamic, multi-cultural, diverse working environment. Candidates of color are encouraged to apply. Progress NC is an equal opportunity employer.